In our individual lives we are placed in the position of making ethical decisions. This appears to me to be a dilemma for us………which road will we take from this point. Too often we have taken the well worn path of the road of expediency while the more arduously perceived road of ethics remains a weedy path due to its lack of use.

A new three year study has confirmed the link between aspartame and cancer. The toxic sweetner was known to be dangerous when corrupt FDA officials approved it against the advice of their own scientists.

An Indian photographer has been threatened with legal action by beverage giant Coca-Cola Co. for displaying one of his photographs – depicting water shortages against a backdrop of the company’s ubiquitous logo – on a giant billboard.

Was the ruling elite behind the bombings in London? While many oppressed people might be motivated to seek revenge against the British, logical reasoning suggests that it was another inside job like the attacks of 911 and the OKC bombing.

“America, there is not much time left. The fire is spreading, consuming the world. We are the arsonists. We will need each other to find our way out through the lies and haze. It will take our greatest imagination, courage and skill to subdue these flames.” – Eve Ensler

The Group of Eight summit bowed to U.S. pressure on Friday by approving a declaration on climate change that avoided taking any concrete steps to fight global warming, such as setting targets or timetables for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Ten members of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s cabinet resigned Friday and urged the Philippine leader to step down, saying she has been crippled by an election scandal and has lost the ability to govern.

Local decisions made by voters to protect themselves from dangerous GE crops may be undone at the state level as corporate criminals like Monsanto push through laws that subvert democracy on a county & city level – the last level where democracy still exists in America.

The snubfin dolphin, previously miscategorized as an irrawaddy dolphin has finally been recognized as a distinct species. Even though there are visible physical differences between the species it took a DNA test to convince academics that the two dolphins are unique.

The Number One Ladies’ Detective Agency books, have been a phenomenal success. The agency in the books, is of course fictional, but in Lusaka, capital of Zambia, there is a real-life detective agency staff mostly by women.

Tens of thousands of anti-poverty campaigners dressed in white formed a human chain around Scotland’s capital on Saturday, echoing the musical call of the Live 8 concerts that world’s wealthiest nations act to lift Africa out of misery.

Sri Lankan biologists have found dozens of new species of tree frog over the last decade in the island’s dwindling rainforests, but warn many known species are either extinct or on the verge of disappearing because of man.

Wal-Mart executive James Lynn was fired from the company, he says, after he blew the whistle on factory conditions in Central America. Lynn documented forced pregnancy tests, 24-hour work shifts, extreme heat, pat-down searches, locked exits and other labor law violations. He is now suing the retail giant.

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